AJR 42 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Assembly Joint Resolution 42 (AJR 42) proposes an advisory referendum for Wisconsin voters at the general election in November 2026. This referendum asks voters if Wisconsin's congressional delegation should support, and the state Legislature should ratify, an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment would state that only human beings have constitutional rights, not corporations or other artificial entities. It would also declare that money is not speech, allowing for limitations on political contributions and spending.
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May 2025
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Introduced May 2, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Mar 23, 2026
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Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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May 2, 2025
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Read and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
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May 2, 2025
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Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Sheehan, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Larson, Spreitzer, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake
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